# CBS Studio Building

New York City, NY · office-park · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `n-8e3ab5e4f5` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/office-parks/ny/new-york-city-cbs-studio-building/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/n-8e3ab5e4f5.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/n-8e3ab5e4f5.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/n-8e3ab5e4f5

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | operating | none |
| Strategy | reinhabit | none |
| New use | office | none |
| What is there now | office building | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Original developer | Warren and Wetmore | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Redeveloper | Fisher Brothers | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Parties

- Fisher Brothers — developer

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

The CBS Studio Building is a seven-story office building at 49 East 52nd Street in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It has had various uses at different times, including serving as a Vanderbilt family guest house, the first graduate school of the Juilliard School, CBS Radio studios, and Columbia Records studio.
It is currently owned by the Fisher Brothers, who converted it to an office building in conjunction with construction of the 45-story Park Avenue Plaza to its east.


== Vanderbilts ==
It was built in 1908 as a guest house for the Vanderbilts who had a home a block away at Fifth Avenue and 52nd.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBS_Studio_Building

## Sources

- CBS Studio Building — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBS_Studio_Building

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "CBS Studio Building, New York City, NY." Record n-8e3ab5e4f5, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/office-parks/ny/new-york-city-cbs-studio-building/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_newyorkcitycbsstudiobuilding,
  title = {CBS Studio Building, New York City, NY},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/office-parks/ny/new-york-city-cbs-studio-building/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record n-8e3ab5e4f5, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.